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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
  5. Prepare materials for welding
  6. Assemble/align materials to specification, where required
  7. Select, assemble and set up welding equipment and consumables
  8. Assemble and set up AC or DC welding equipment
  9. Minimise and rectify distortion
  10. Rectify any distortion using appropriate techniques
  11. Weld joints to specifications using GMAW
  12. Clean joints to specifications
  13. Ensure weld conformance
  14. Rectify any weld defects with minimum loss of sound metal using correct techniques and tools
  15. Complete weld records, where required

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Welds include the following:

fillet and butt weld carried out in all positions

Materials include one (1) or more of the following:

low carbon

cast iron

stainless and low alloy steel

aluminium and aluminium alloys

Preparation includes one (1) or more of the following:

pre-heating

setting up of jigs

fixtures, clamps

joint preparation e.g. bevelling

Distortion prevention measures include one (1) or more of the following:

pre-heating

setting up of jigs

fixtures, clamps

Rectify includes the use of one (1) or more of the following:

oxy acetylene

air arc equipment

grinding devices

Defects include one (1) or more of the following:

porosity

slag inclusions

discontinuities

lack of penetration

undercut